Sports by Hartley Wednesday, October 9th
(As of 12:05 a.m. All times listed are PDT)
WHL:
Portland Winterhawks 4 Prince George Cougars 3 (OT)
Diego Buttazzoni scored the winner for the Winterhawks with just under a minute left in overtime.
Koehn Ziemmer, in his first game of the season for Prince George, scored his second goal of the game with the goalie pulled with 43 seconds left in the third period.
Ziemmer finished the game with three points.
The game summary and highlights are here.
Koehn Ziemmer’s performance helped the Cougars earn a point in a 4-3 OT setback to the Portland Winterhawks.
Recap and reaction from GM & Head Coach Mark Lamb https://t.co/5HBJ98Z15G#ForTheNorth • #WHL
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) October 9, 2024
The (4-2-2) Cougars host the (5-1) Winterhawks again tonight (Wednesday) at 7:00 at CN Centre.
On Tuesday morning, the Cougars traded 20-year-old forward Carlin Dezainde to the Swift Current Broncos for 19-year-old forward Van Eger plus a pair of draft picks, including a second rounder next year.
TRADE: We have acquired F Van Eger (05), a 2025 second-round pick, and a 2027 fourth-round pick from the Swift Current Broncos in exchange for F Carlin Dezainde (04) and a 2025 ninth-round pick.https://t.co/pW31ZTlhPM#ForTheNorth • #WHL pic.twitter.com/kW1vjj9Qwr
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) October 8, 2024
The Cougars 2024-25 regular season schedule and results are here.
The WHL Conference standings are here.
The WHL Division standings are here.
Cat Scan podcast:
CAT SCAN: @Hartley_Miller sits down with @PGCougars Director of Scouting @RiderFanBob in Part 1 of his chat on the podcast | https://t.co/Pxq6injDxa #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/nCCl4kAezQ
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) October 7, 2024
BCHL:
The (3-4) Prince George Spruce Kings play in Alberta against Okotoks on Friday and Brooks on Saturday.
They will follow that with a pair of games in Abbotsford against Alberni Valley on Thanksgiving Monday and against Blackfalds on Tuesday.
The Spruce Kings next game in Prince George will be on Saturday, October 19th at 6 PM against Chilliwack.
Ethan Montroy’s debut weekend has earned him BCHL 1st Star of the Week honours presented by @NapaCanada . Montroy put up 4 goals including a Saturday night hat-trick and added 2 assists in his first BCHL weekend.
DETAILS: https://t.co/zGeqeAmKdu pic.twitter.com/0ApbzUzhgM
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) October 8, 2024
Spruce Kings Brock Cummings has committed to Dartmouth College to play NCAA Division I Hockey.
DETAILS:https://t.co/WeBtZIq2vG pic.twitter.com/XtOR5Nk7mY
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) October 8, 2024
The Spruce Kings 2024-25 regular season schedule and results are here.
The BCHL Conference standings are here.
The BCHL Division standings are here.
NHL: (3 games Tuesday to open the regular season in North America)
Utah 5 Chicago 2
Florida 6 Boston 4
St. Louis 3 Seattle 2
There are 5 NHL games tonight (Wednesday) with Ottawa the only Canadian team idle.
The Vancouver Canucks open at home against Calgary (7:00), Winnipeg is at Edmonton (7:00) and Toronto plays in Montreal (4:00).
The NHL schedule is here.
The Vancouver Canucks schedule is here.
The NHL standings are here.
MLB: (3rd games in the best-of-5 National League Division Series)
San Diego Padres 6 LA Dodgers 5
(The Padres lead 2-1 with Game 4 tonight (Wednesday 6:08) in San Diego.
New York Mets 7 Philadelphia Phillies 2
(The Mets lead 2-1 with Game 4 this afternoon (Wednesday 2:08) in New York.
The American League best-of-5 Division Series will resume today (Wednesday) with Cleveland at Detroit (12:08 PM) and the New York Yankees at Kansas City (4:08 PM).
Both of those Al series are tied 1-1.
Both of those NL series are tied 1-1.
The MLB playoff schedule is here.
Canada West Soccer:
The (1-9) UNBC Timberwolves host the (10-0) UBC Thunderbirds in Canada West women’s soccer Friday and Saturday at 6 PM at Masich Place Stadium.
The UNBC women will conclude their season at Trinity Western on October 18th at 5 PM and at Fraser Valley on October 20th at 1 PM.
The (1-11-2) UNBC men’s soccer team will play its final two games of the season against the (1-9-2) Thompson Rivers Wolfpack on October 18th and 19th at 7 PM each day.
The 2024 Canada West women’s soccer standings can be found here.
The 2024 Canada West men’s soccer standings can be found here.
The 2024 Canada West men’s soccer schedule and results can be found here.
The 2024 Canada West women’s soccer schedule and results can be found here.
BC Football Conference:
Prince George Kodiaks receiver Carson Briere is the BC Football Conference’s Special Teams Player of the Week.
Briere racked up 200 return yards in Saturday’s 31-28 victory over the Kamloops Broncos.
Last week Peyton Briere (Carson’s brother) was the Defensive Player of the Week with three interceptions in the Kodiaks 23-21 win over Kamloops on September 28th.
The Kodiaks finished their 3rd season in the (7-team) BCFC in 6th place with a 3-7 record.
The league standings, schedule and results can be found here.
NFL:
Week 6 of the NFL season begins Thursday (5:15 PM) with San Francisco at Seattle.
The Seahawks are 3-2 and the 49ers are 2-3 in the NFC West.
The NFL schedule is here.
CFL:
The B.C. Lions have just two games left in their regular season.
The (8-8) Lions are 3rd in the West Division, with a guaranteed playoff spot locked up, a point behind the (8-7-1) Saskatchewan Roughriders.
B.C. will play at Saskatchewan on Saturday (4 PM) before hosting the (11-3-1) Montreal Alouettes on Saturday, October 19th (4 PM).
Week 19 in the CFL begins Friday (5:30 PM) with (8-7) Toronto at (10-6) Winnipeg.
The West-leading Blue Bombers have won eight straight.
The CFL schedule and results are here.
The CFL standings are here.
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